Bale tie



. 1;,475346 C. J, ROTHERMEL BALE 111B Nov. 27 .1923.

Filed M y 19'. 1922 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 27, 1923;

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CURTIS J; ROTHEEMEL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALE TIE.

Application, filed May 19,

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CURTIS J. BOTHERMEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia,county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Bale Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

In the usual manner of securing metal bands around packages orcontainers such as boxes and bales, there is ordinarily a waste of bandmaterial especially when the ends of the. tie are looped around theendsof the fastener and inrnany types of fasteners only one holding point isprovided.

It is the purposeof y present invention to devise a novel construct-ionof a bale tie whe rein the metal bandis provided near its .free endswith slots extending longitudition, I have shown in the accompanyingdrawings typical embod ments thereof which are at present preferred byme, since these ,embodi ments will be foundinpractice to givesatisfactory and reliable results: .It'is', however, to be understoodthat the various instrumentalities'of which my invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organizationof these in-' strumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents, in perspective, a bale in conjunction with which abale tie, embodying my invention, is employed.

Figure 2 represents, in perspective, the free ends of the band, with thefastener about to be connected therewith.

Figure 3 represents, in perspective, a bale tie in fastened position. I

Figure 4 represents, in perspective, a. rear view of the bale tie.

Figure 5 represents, in perspective and in detached position, thefastener employed.

Figure 6 represents a section on line 6-6 of Figure 3. V r 7 Figure 7represents, in perspective, the

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free ends ofa band in conjunction with another typeof fastener,embodying my inven- Figure 8' represents, in perspective, the

parts seen in Figure 7' in assembled position.

Figure 9 represents, in perspective and in detached position, anembodiment of fas tener seen in Figures 7 andS.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

teferring to the drawings.

l designates a package which may be of any desired nature such as, forexample, a boxer a, bale, a bale being shown in the vdrawing. 2designates a metal band which is provided many desired manner with the 1slots 3 which extend longitudinally of the band. 7 These slots can beeither punched out or formed by expanding the metal when the band ismanufactured or they can be. made by a suitable tool'at any'desiredplace.

or places afterthe band has been drawn up around the packages. 1 4designates a fastener, embodying my invention, which is formed from asheet metal band having the rear wall of the body portion 5, the bandthen'being directed inwardly, as at 6, and the free ends being deflectedat substan tially right angles from the portion 6, as

indicated at 7.

In some cases in practice, I have found it advantageous to have the freeedges atthe front end oftheprongs 7' inclined, as indicated at'8, inorder that the fasteners may be more readily secured in position. Afterthe band has been tightened around the package to bring apertures orslots 3 at the free ends of the band into register, the prongs 7 arepassed therethrough and then bent over with a. suitable tool so thatthey lie flat against the band and the two bands are secured tightlytogether. It will of course be understood that one or more ofthesefasteners may be employed.

In practice, the fastener is inserted through an aperture near one endofthe band and the band is then tightened by means of a suitable toolaround the'package and brought into position for the'prongs 7 to passthrough an aperture 8. If the outer face of the prongs 7 is inclined itis somewhat easier to tighten the band into position as it will morereadily slip over the prongs 7. Attention is directed to the factthat Iemploy an elongated aperture or slot which extends in the direction ofthe length of the band, so that the two bands are rigidly securedtogether and the free ends cannot work sideways. The body portion 5 canbe on the inner or outer faces of the bands, a suitable tool beingemployed to press down the prongs? into position.

The size of the slots and fasteners Will vary in accordance with thesize of the band and the amount'of tension which is to be placed on aband. i .r

In accordance with my present invention there is nowaste of bandmaterial as the band can always be cut Off at the proper length, Thefasteners can be readily and quickly inserted into position, as all thatit is necessary to do is to pass the prongs through registeringapertures and bend them over with a suitable tool. It will be seen thatthe width of the strip employed to make the fastener is preferablysubstantially the same as the width of the band and the free ends of theprongs extend in proximity to the edges of the metal band so that a veryrigid fastening device is provided, which will prevent any relativelongitudinal or lateral movement of the free ends of band after it hasbeen secured in position around. the bale, box or other container. Boththe band and the fastener are preferably made of sheet metal. Both ofthe prongs of the fastener pass through the same registering aperture atthe free ends ,of the band It'will now be apparent that I have devised anew anduseful bale tie which embodies the features of advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the abovedescription, and while I have, in the present instance, shown anddescribed embodiments thereof Which will give in practice satisfactoryand reliable re- 'sults, it is to be understood that these em-.

bodiments are susceptible of modification in various particulars Withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificlng anyof its advantages.

c. Having thus described lily-invention, what formed from a fiat metalstrip and having prongs of less width than the length of said slots andadapted to be inserted through two registering slots to substantiallyfill such slots and to be bent over the juxtaposed portion of a band toextend laterally thereof and prevent relative longitudinal or lateralmovement of said ends, and said band being defiected to form ahead ofdouble thickness of the strip and of substantially the same width as theband, and said prongs when bent over extending into proximity to thesides of the band.

2. The combination with a band having slots at its free ends extendingin the direction of the length of the band and of greater length thanWidth, of a fastener formed from a sheet'metal band deflected uponitself near its central portion to form a double thickness and thereby ahead of substantially the same Width as the width of the slotted bandand provided with flat forwardly extending prongs adapted to passthrough two registering slots and substantially fill them to preventrelative longitudinal or lateral movement of said ends, the free ends ofsaid prongs being cut away at an angle to facilitate their insertion inregistering slots.

CURTIS J. ROTHERMEL. Witnesses: i

H. S. FAIRBANKS, O. D. MoVAY.

